"Macron's office released a one-sentence statement late Friday night announcing the appointment, one month after the statement issued a month ago when Lecornu was initially named and four days after he resigned. Lecornu said in a statement on social networks that he accepted the new job offer out of "duty." He said he was given a mission "to do everything to give France a budget by the end of the year and respond to the daily problems of our compatriots.""
"All those who join his new government will have to renounce ambitions to run for president in 2027, Lecornu said, adding that the new Cabinet will "incarnate renewal and a diversity of skills." "We must put an end to this political crisis that exasperates the French, and to this bad instability for France's image and its interests,'' he wrote. Lecornu abruptly resigned Monday, only hours after unveiling a new Cabinet that drew opposition from a key coalition partner."
President Emmanuel Macron re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister days after Lecornu's abrupt resignation, tasking him to form a government and deliver a budget by year-end to break the political deadlock. Lecornu accepted the role citing duty and vowed a Cabinet that incarnates renewal and diverse skills, while requiring ministers to renounce 2027 presidential ambitions. France faces mounting economic challenges and ballooning debt, and the political crisis is worsening those problems and alarming the European Union. Macron lacks a majority in the National Assembly, faces criticism including from his own ranks, and has limited room to maneuver.
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